T.J. Dillashaw är en av de första att gå i fronten för den nystartade ”Fighterföreningen” MMAAA, tillsammans med bland andra Bjorn Rebney, Georges St-Pierre, Cain Velasquez, Donald Cerrone och Tim Kennedy. Anledningen till detta ska vara att han känner sig ignorerad av UFC, och detta hade han att säga via ”MMAFighting”:
I told him I want the title fight. That’s more important than anything in the world. Being known as the champ and best in the world is most important thing to me. I told him I’d do whatever and told him I knew that WME-IMG and CAA are enemies, and if it’s going to help you for me to leave them, then I will be Team Dillashaw, Team UFC, whatever you want me to do. After our meeting, he told me to give him a call and I am leaving him messages telling him this, and I never got a response back, you know what I mean?
So, I told him I wanted the title fight, renegotiated my contract and he told me if I’m happy with the contract to call him. I called him the next day to talk about it, and I told him there were things I wanted to do, like bet my purse that I can beat Cruz, I wanted to do anything to get the title fight, create as much drama as I could, because drama is what obviously odes it these days. I didn’t feel like there was any more drama than to put my money on the line.
It’s about respect and being the best, not money. I left him messages telling him all this, that I’d leave my management, even though I wouldn’t want to, I would do anything to get the title shot. And he just wouldn’t call me back. And then I eventually find out through social media that Garbrandt was getting it.
Dillashaw kommer härnäst att ta sig an John Lineker, då de möts under UFC 207 den 30 december i Las Vegas.
